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Thursday, December 03, 2009

What to do with the leftover ham bone

I usually give the ham bone to one of the dogs, but this year the think was massive and there seemed to be a least 3 bones in my ham. Since I was exhausted from having just cooked and eaten my 2nd Thanksgiving meal I threw it in a large ziploc bag to be divided up among the 3 critters later. Except, I never got to that either.

My sister-in-law's sister-in-law (is there some other name for that?) contributes to a blog called The Mom Crowd. While it's not exactly high on my reading list (you know, the whole me not being a mom to an actual human being and all), I will pop over there every now and then if I remember to. They mentioned holiday recipes and linked out to some of their favorites. I found this one on that post.

Can I just tell you that this recipe was off the hook? I'm a big fan of anything you can throw into a crockpot (who doesn't like dinner being done when they walk in the door?). I'm not a huge fan of beans though. I've tried them and I generally just don't like them. I am getting better about them as I find people who make amazing beans, or should I say people who make bacon with a hint of beans. So despite my general dislike of beans I decided to give this recipe a try and yeah. A-MAZ-ING. I may try a different bean next time, but that's about it. John said it reminded him of something his mom used to make, only it was better. Awh!

Oh and here is a crappy picture that does not look appetizing in the least bit, so you'll just have to trust this bean hater on how good it is.